Body Armour Framework

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        "id": "062618-2025",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062618-2025",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
        "datePublished": "2025-10-06T16:13:59+01:00"
      }
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        "id": "engagement",
        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2025-11-07T23:59:59Z",
        "description": "Request For Information (RFI) document attached to Coupa project 2340 - Body Armour Framework - RFI refers. This can be located on https://supplier.coupahost.com/quotes/public_events?customer=metpolice&company_name=Metropolitan+Police. Responses are requested ahead of the engagement deadline. Whilst responding to the RFI is not a mandatory requirement for participation in the subsequent tender, engagement with this exercise helps the Authority refine their requirement and prepare an effective, accessible procurement process.\nThe Authority intends to run an in-person supplier engagement event as a market scoping exercise with a date, time and location to be confirmed with interested suppliers following the closure of the RFI window on 7th November 2025."
      }
    ]
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}